diff --git a/activemq-console/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/console/command/AbstractCommand.java b/activemq-console/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/console/command/AbstractCommand.java
index 4493453931..a55e04ead3 100644
--- a/activemq-console/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/console/command/AbstractCommand.java
+++ b/activemq-console/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/console/command/AbstractCommand.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCommand implements Command {
         }
     }
 
-    protected void handleException(Throwable exception, String serviceUrl) {
+    protected void handleException(Exception exception, String serviceUrl) throws Exception {
         Throwable cause = exception.getCause();
         while (true) {
             Throwable next = cause.getCause();
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractCommand implements Command {
         if (cause instanceof ConnectException) {
             context.printInfo("Broker not available at: " + serviceUrl);
         } else {
-            context.printException(new RuntimeException("Failed to execute " + getName() + " task. Reason: " + exception));
+            context.printInfo("Failed to execute " + getName() + " task.");
+            throw exception;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/activemq-console/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/console/command/AbstractJmxCommand.java b/activemq-console/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/console/command/AbstractJmxCommand.java
index e8c1f62e4e..629ccd8269 100644
--- a/activemq-console/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/console/command/AbstractJmxCommand.java
+++ b/activemq-console/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/console/command/AbstractJmxCommand.java
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJmxCommand extends AbstractCommand {
     public void execute(List<String> tokens) throws Exception {
         try {
             super.execute(tokens);
-        } catch (Throwable exception) {
+        } catch (Exception exception) {
             handleException(exception, jmxServiceUrl.toString());
             return;
         }finally {
diff --git a/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq b/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq
index c9f86b966f..08cb7bda41 100755
--- a/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq
+++ b/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq
@@ -594,9 +594,6 @@ invoke_task(){
     fi
     invokeJar "$ACTIVEMQ_PIDFILE"
     RET="$?"
-    if [ "$RET" != "0" ];then
-       echo "ERROR: task failed"
-    fi
     exit $RET
 }